Package-tie



1. AND W. L. ENGLISH.

PACKAGE TIE APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25. I919.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

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binding cord, such as a flexible ink; chain, I

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,Jnlvrnsn vemsn annwrnnmivr n." ENGLISH, or on TEnneAY, New 03 useful Improvements in Package Ties, and,

we do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enableflothersskilled in the art towhich it pper-tains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or fig.

ures of reference mark d. thereon, which form a part of this specification.

. Our invention relates to-package'ties and it hasparticular reference to such ties as may be employed in carrying'mail packages :and the like of various sizes, f

.'An object of our invention is toproV-ide a package-tiethat is simple andfdurablelin,

construction and which comprises a suitable of considerable length th'atpermits the package tie to beemployed {for varieusfsizes of packages. Our packageatie. also provides means for securely holding the elements of i i the packageingclose or'pressedleontactwith T each other, which is efl'ected bymeans pf a cord of our package tie, serves as a ready resilient leaf-spring member that, at. all times, holds the flexible link chain member tautly aboutthe package. I 7

Another object oi jour invention is to provide a package tie which isadapted for carrying small packages as well as relatively large packages. 'The flexible link chain member, comprising the tying or bindmg and convenient means for securingthe package tie about the package or bundle of mail that it is desired to carry. I

Whlle the annexed drawings and specifications describe one form of'our package tie in detail, it is to. be understood thatthe mechanical proportions of the elements comprising the packagetie may be varied and that other 'modifications'may be made therein without departing from the spirit i and scope of the-claims forming a partof' thisapplication.

' Referring particularly to the drawings, 7 Figure 1 is a si'deview in elevation ofaportion of our package tie; FigJQ is an end view of the device shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top plan View showing in detail the means Enenrsn an Specification of Lemm s Pat t p ggfiggg m ia filed September 25,1919; Seriai No..'326, 154. r

her and also means for adjustably securing,

cord ,t o one end of the resilient spring "at will, theother end of the link chain member forming a part of our package tie; Figs.

largebundle or package which in this in I stance, is illustrated as being composedzof mailing envelops.

. Referring to the" drawing, a resilient spring member 1,, preferably, composed of spring steel or similar materia l, is secured intermediate its ends between a thin wedge Qianda relativelythick wedgeby means of a riyetlO. It will be noted gthat the exposed outer face of the wedge2 is 811M931.

tially flat, while the exposed'outeriace of the wedge .3 is preferably. concave. By this means, our package tie -may conveniently be adapted tor carrying small packages when.

the wedge 3 is in contact with the package to be carried and for carrying relatively large packages when thewedge 2 is in contact with the package to beca'rried. vWhen the thick Wedge 351s in contactwith the package to be car-r1ed,the resilient spring member 1 is permittedto be bent to suchdegree as to press tightly against thelower edges of theipaekage, in which instance a link chain member 6 may be tightly drawn ,aroundthe package holding the elements thereof in close. 0011- t-act so aSitO PIGOlHdB their being disan. rangedwhen being carried; 2

The link chain member s 6' ispermanently secured to the end 5 of the spring memberl by any sultable means, suchas is illustrated in 'Fig. 3. In the form shown'the end 5;

of the spring 1 is enveloped by a two-ply metallic' piecethat is bolted to the spring member 1 by means'of a bolt 8. The other end of the spring member 1 provides a'slot' extending between tongues 4 which are formed and reinforced by means of a threeply metallic piece that is bolted to the spring member 1 by the bolt 7.

i In applying the package tieto a relatively large sized package, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the wedge 2 is brought into engagement with thepackage and the metallic spring 1 is concavedjby proper manipulation so as to draw the chain member 6 tightly around the package. The links comprising the chain member 6 serve as locking or securingmeans for tautly holdlng the tie about thepackage after the chain has been properlyv received in the 'slot extending between the tongues 4.

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in the form shown in theamags, the link chain memberfiv is of. a common type 1n whicheach' link comprises'a relatively thin" 'fiat portion and an eyelet portion, that is relatively thick. The thin fiat portions of the links arepermitted to slide freely-Within "the slot interposed between the ton ues 4,

while the eyeletportions of the links pre 1 elude the'drawing of the chain through the 10 said slot) Inthis manner the free end of the link chain is held securely to the spring vmember 1 afterit, has beentightly drawn aloout the package/and received within the v :sot f "When it is desired to carry, a relativel'y small package, the'wedge 3, explained above, is brought into pressed contact. with p the package in the place of the-wedge 2. In this 'instance,the spring member 1 is permitted to be bent to a larger degree, thereby see'ur'el holding the elements of the smaller "package in'iclosecontact with one another "after the proper link oftlie chain member 6 has been engaged by the slot disposed be tweenjthetongues l. v

It will be understood that other forms of fchain xmay be -used -than that shown in the I drawings and that other securing means for eng'agingthe free end of the chain with the spring member'l may be empl0yed',-without;

, departing from'the spirit and scope-of the following claims.

" 'We claim'as our inv'entioni- I 1.. A package tie comprising aflat spring member: slotted atone end,'a fiexiblebind'er :one end thereof being permanently attached to one end of s'aid spring member and the other end thereof being adaptedto engage,

at will, tlies'aid slot formed in the spring member, and .two wedge members secured to said spring member intermediate its ends, one of said membersihavlng aflat exposed thereof."

surface and the othera curved exposed sur face.- 7 i .7 o

2. A package tie comprising a fiat spring 7 member slotted at one end, a flexible binder v one end thereof being permanently attached ,toxone end of said spring member and the other-end thereof being adapted to engage,- at will, the said slot formed in thefspring member, and two wedge members secured .to spring member intermediateiits ends 7 and severally v disposed on opposite? sides 3. l package tie comprisingafiat spring toone'end ofsaid spring member and the otherend thereof being-adapted "to engage, atwill',,the' said slot formed in ithe spring member slotted at one end,a flexibletbinder i one end" thereof being permanentl'y attached a 'member, and two wedge members severally disposed on opposite sides of said spring if member intermediate its endsyone of said wedge members being relatively-thick andhaving its outer surface convexly curved and the other wedge member being relatively thin and having a flatlouter Surface.

1 4:.- A package tie'comprisin'g a leaf spring wedge. members having a flat outer surface ing a convexly curved outer surface In testimony th'atwe claimgthe foregoing as our invention, wehavesigned ournames.

, JAMESVENGLIISHQ" WILLIAM L. "ENGLISH;

and 'the'other of said wedge members hav- 

